Here’s a rundown of the biggest stories of the day for Friday, August 8, 2014. Download The Denver Post app for iOS and Android for breaking news 24/7. For a daily sports fix, download our new Denver Post Sports app for iOS and Android.

A wrong-way, head-on crash, which injured two drivers, has shut down lanes of I-25 in Denver near 58th Avenue. Both drivers were taken to the hospital with serious injuries and the lane remained closed as of 3:45 p.m.

A former Broomfield gymnastics coach accused of sexually assaulting two of his students was found not guilty on all counts this morning. Robert Barke, 33, was accused of sexually assaulting the two teenage boys from October 2004 to June 2007 while he was their gymnastics coach at Xtreme Altitude Gymnastics in Broomfield.

The Denver mother accused of keeping her four young sons in a tiny, feces-littered apartment pleaded guilty to one count of felony child abuse today. Prosecutors agreed to cap her sentence at seven years in prison, but the judge has discretion to sentence her to probation.

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